On 11/27/07, Joe Grace <joe@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I wonder if using a USB to serial adapter would work well in linux. It > worked well when I was a mac user. I wanted to experiment with using > fldigi, but my laptop only has USB which is common for new machines. > It seems like serial ports are going bye bye. I've used some of them and they worked for me and my FC6 without any special driver. Cheers > > > Joe Grace, AKA W1SK > > On 11/27/07, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have a software I like to use called gmfsk which uses the serial > > port to turn on and off the transmitter in my radio. It worked fine on > > my old computer. Now when I try to run gmfsk it puts up an error panel > > that says "Not a serial or parallel port". This made me think the new > > computer which has a serial port that is not working. > > > > With a volt meter I find some pins have a constant -10.7 volts on > > them which is the standard RS-232 for a no-data signal. In this static > > measure the voltmeter sees no positive volts near +12 volts. > > > > Wanting a way to test the serial port I recalled minicom and after > > getting it set up on /dev/ttyS0 it seems happy with Com 1. The old > > /dev/modem is gone on F7. But now what is a way to drive the serial port > > pins to a constant plus voltage with minicom? > > > > I have a scope that I can use if there are no way to make a constant > > positive voltage. My fear is that the serial port is broken and can't > > make a positive voltage. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI > > Linux User > > #450462 http://counter.li.org. > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
